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@[email protected] wow, two bundled games isn’t bad! Didn’t know they did that. Plus the lightgun was also included I guess?
Yeah, I bought it in the late '80s, I'd guess around '88 or '89 and it included 2 controllers, 2 games, and the gun. I recall the whole package being close to $100, maybe a little more.
On an inflation adjusted basis, that would be a bit under $300 today. Considering it would have been a 5-6 year old system at that point, it would probably be fair to compare it to the Xbox Series S today, which sells for $300-350 with one controller and zero games. So, it seems like that was a pretty good deal at the time.
@[email protected] in US and Europe the NES came out 1985/86. So that makes it an even better deal!